The Dan Norton Show

7 January 2026, Livestream #75 0:00 Intro 5:14 Trump and Venezuela (more on this topic later in the stream) Reading update Slavery in colonial Spanish America Books of Samuel Super Chats from last stream Music & lyrics Music on my YouTube channel Lobbying-related article by Alex Epstein More on music and lyrics My improvisational show My recent appearance on @ObjectiveEthics 's YouTube channel My...

2 January 2026, Livestream #74 0:00 Intro 0:33 Let the Super Chats begin! How Super Chats work 5:38 First Super Chats! 12:09 My post; Super Stickers, Super Thanks, etc. 18:20 My Patreon and PayPal 26:09 Scheduling a chat with "Objective Ethics" (a chatter) on his channel 33:30 Correction to, or elaborations on, last stream Ayn Rand's letter to Reverend Dudley is in the new edition of Letters of Ay...

28 December 2025, Livestream #73 0:00 Intro 6:32 The Age of Exploration: Portuguese and Spanish discoveries in the 1400s 29:34 Call w/ Charlie Painter re: jazz, the death penalty, etc. God, the arbitrary, multiple religions Do all religions believe in God or take things on faith? Myths and stories Looking at chat Charlie's background 1:03:02 Ayn Rand's pro-Christianity(?) letter to Reverend Dudley...

23 December 2025, Livestream #72 The original title of this livestream was "Down with Jesus Christ! Up with Ayn Rand! Reason & egoism are the way, not faith & self-sacrifice." (I typically update the titles of my livestreams afterwards, after I know the topics that came up.) 0:00 Intro Yaron Brook Show Delay I'm in the top 0.7% of viewer watch time for Yaron's show this year 13:25 My Christmas-rel...

18 December 2025, Livestream #71 0:00 Intro, miscellaneous 6:09 Should voluntary contracts for "sex changes," blinding healthy eyes, lifelong service be legal? 1:06:25 Call w/Jason Adams re: the above topic 1:30:28 Jason gives a short practice speech re: Ayn Rand, which he plans to give later today at a school board meeting 1:38:35 Call ends 1:45:08 Break until 1:55:07 1:57:05 Call w/Oh_noes ("Bri...

13 December 2025, Livestream #70 0:00 Intro Update on my third commentary video on my calls to The David Pakman Show My first experience with TikTok livestreaming 13:00 Creating this description in real-time Intrinsicism, free will, and Sam Harris Break 1:52:24 Call w/Holden For the New Intellectual Environmentalism & Alex Epstein Ayn Rand Philosophical Studies Series Discussing select philosophic...

8 December 2025, Livestream #69 0:00 Intro 2:30 Immigration laws in the United States 10:38 The United States Statutes at Large (chronological order of laws) Front matter 54:42 Looking at selected laws of the United States and California 1:23:19 My correction to Milton Friedman on immigration Quick update on my third video on my calls to David Pakman Engaging with chat Testing YouTube's Q&A featur...

3 December 2025, Livestream #68 0:00 Intro 2:00 Should Trump fans be unfriended (on Facebook)? Trump voter vs. Trump fan Be Facebook friends with Trump fans—or you're in an echo chamber (false alternative) Isn't unfriending people what leftists do? 1:11:36 Doesn't Leonard Peikoff like Trump? Being a fan of an aspect of Trump vs. of Trump as a whole Being friends with Trump fans Trump's first term...

28 November 2025, Livestream #67 0:00 Intro 2:00 Immigration and some of the history of immigration laws 27:58 Call w/Edward: white nationalist & anti-Israel Engaging w/Edward in chat 1:05:27 Call w/Linda Cordair re: keeping her art business open during covid in defiance of the state of California 1:51:15 My Facebook post: "How about open borders?" Legalizing drugs "Anarcho-Objectivists" Is privac...

23 November 2025, Livestream #66 0:00 Intro Michael Milken Reading update: Immigration, southern border wall & Trump/Biden 12:52 Why is capitalism so out of fashion? (Jonathan Hoenig) Altruism, conservative response, response to conservative (mind-sacrifice) Not understanding what "capitalism" is; mixed economy, 19th century U.S., tariffs Mises & Rand 33:41 Reading update: Bible: Book of Judges, R...

18 November 2025, Livestream #65 0:00 Intro 1:34 Forthcoming commentary video re: David Pakman 4:58 My new channel description 11:42 Marriage Blocking someone TikTok Live Turning on Super Chat Marriage (continued) 1:05:05 Call w/ Latent Prion Should politicians be ruthless, cunning, dishonest to protect rights? Dictatorship, vigilantism 2:50:27 Consequentialism 3:55:56 The Trump Organization, Trum...

13 November 2025, Livestream #64 0:00 My YouTube channel has been monetized!!! 19:58 Reading update: Richard III, Book of Joshua, Trump's first term, Unite the Right rally 29:44 Call w/J re: introspection and free will Suspiciousness of social science studies Benjamin Libet's experiments Improvisation 1:12:15 Call w/Holden 1:16:06 Passage in Hoppe's book re: axioms, analytic/synthetic, a priori/a...

7 November 2025, Livestream #63 0:00 Intro 9:15 Reading update: Trump's 2016 campaign for president Blocking a chatter who was uncivil Is/ought & existence/identity/causality (Greg Lewis) Preying mantis sexual behavior and altruism (technical difficulties for ~10 min. while I figure out why I can't hear the caller) 1:18:18 Call w/ Oh Noes Are non-human organisms egoistic/altruistic? Background on...

2 November 2025, Livestream #62 0:00 Intro 5:18 Holden Mitrione's call re: Atlas Shrugged etc. Holden's overall reaction statement The theme of Atlas Shrugged Mind and body, sex America and the founders The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem Faith and reason What to read/study next? Engaging with chat I'm over 3k hours of watchtime, the threshold for YouTube monetization! Is evidence for God...

In this video I comment on my second call (of three) to The David Pakman Show, a leftist political show with over three million subscribers on YouTube. My commentary video on my first call can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4PP0WrVTMc 0:00 Intro 1:28 Beginning of call: Posting my calls etc. 3:59 Political philosophy discussion begins: "Utopian libertarianism" 6:24 David's list of...

28 October 2025, Livestream #61 0:00 Intro Irreplaceable Spark conference Justifying egoism; bridging the is-ought gap or facts and values Hypothetical vs. categorical imperatives (Aside: Immigration and Ohtani the baseball player) Religion/Kant 36:23 Yaron's recent interview by Dave Rubin 46:13 Reading update: up to Richard III 53:16 Wondering if a chatter (Steven McGowan) is the same person as s...

23 October 2025, Livestream #60 0:00 Intro Should an egoist save a drowning child? Emotionalism Helping strangers "The Ethics of Emergencies," by Ayn Rand (1963) "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," by Peter Singer (1972) Intrinsicism 1:16:43 Are beggars responsible for their own condition? Underlying causes of emergencies My experience giving money to beggars Working on 2nd commentary video on my c...

18 October 2025, Livestream #59 0:00 Intro No Kings protests My original stream title: "No Kings. And no dictatorship of the proletariat. My life is not for tyrants or mobs. It's for ME!!!" 14:12 Ayn Rand, Social Security & Medicare Israel/Palestine (I only mention the topic, I don't discuss it) Did Ayn Rand get out of Social Security & Medicare more than she put in? 32:56 Onkar Ghate's article, "...

14 October 2025, Livestream #58 0:00 Intro Altruism 19:20 Trump, Chicago/Portland "war zone," ICE/police & due process Facebook replies to my posts & my replies to them Enforcing bad laws What do I mean by altruism? Mother Teresa 1:54:50 My X post re: communism, nazism, and capitalism Copying and pasting the chat Monetizing my channel and other YouTube analytics My video, "Is the mind physical?" 2...

9 October 2025, Livestream #57 0:00 Intro 7:35 Troll update Should there be debtor's prison? 19:16 Reading update: Henry IV, Lollards, burning heretics Andrew Wilson vs. Michael Liebowitz debate Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, and the Jews/Israel Free will, debt, and rationality Gross topics 2010 schism Incest, Oedipus, Hapsburgs Holden Mitrione update My YouTube analytics 1:36:00 Reading update: Alt...

4 October 2025, Livestream #56 0:05 Intro 2:00 The “enemy from within”: Is Trump making a move to be dictator? 40:44 Troll attack & response (about 2 hours) Catching up on chat with non-trolls 2:47:02 Benefiting yourself as the ultimate end (Cleric) 2:52:56 Climate change, Alex Epstein Benefiting yourself as the ultimate end (continued) (Cleric) Nuclear energy Ayn Rand vs. Ronald Reagan Polling ch...

30 September 2025, Livestream #55 0:00 Intro 7:19 Nick Fuentes, Groypers, racism, immigration, etc. Focusing on the positive; follow the news only insofar as doing so serves your values Yaron Brook's show vs. mine 1:37:38 My YouTube analytics Video description; AI version not available 1:50:17 My specialty in philosophy; The Selfishness Project Michael Liebowitz vs. Andrew Wilson debate; Michael's...

26 September 2025, Livestream #54 0:00 Intro Record number of views & watchtime on my last livestream Egoism/altruism & religion, Mother Teresa Does everyone always aim at their own interest? Ayn Rand and Social Security Suicide The spiritual source of material values vs. Marxism What is happiness? 1:02:53 Call w/ Cass from the UK Brief summary of Objectivism Cass' religious upbringing Trans issue...

22 September 2025 Livestream #53 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show title: "This world, not God; reason, not faith; egoism, not altruism; capitalism, not statism. Ayn Rand! 👍👍👍" Robert: "🍀 A provocative show title ... should make for an interesting episode!" Charlie Kirk's religious memorial Upcoming shows announcements 13:15 Destiny got demonetized, my own path to monetization What you can and can't say on...

In this video I comment on my first call (of three) to The David Pakman Show, a leftist political show with over three million subscribers on YouTube. I plan to comment on my second and third calls in separate videos. 0:00 Intro 0:51 Thumbnail and title for my first call on David Pakman's channel 1:33 Beginning of my first call: Is David up for a long-form debate? Would paying for a debate make a...